Locking device for movable levers.



s. 0. JENSEN. LOCKING DEVICE FOR MOVABLE LEVERS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-18,3916.

Patented July 17, 1917.

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WITNESS A TTORNE Y3 G. C. JENSEN.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR MOVABLE LEVERS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18. I916- Patented J uly 1;, 19h.

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LOCKING. IDEVICE FOB, MOVABLE LETTERS flpecifiimtion of Letters Patent.

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@Be it known that I, GEORGE-G. Jiinsnma citizen of the United States, residingat Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looking Devices for Movable Levers, of which the followingis a specification.

The present invention relates to means for prevent operatnre' locking movable levers to The object of the invention an) provide a device of the character described, which is particularly adaptable .for use in I1119(3 tion with the control levers of a motor vehicle, for the purpose of lockingsaid levers to prevent theft or unauthorized use of the vehicle. In the preferred form of the device herewith illustrated, I have shown it as applied to the usual gear-shiftinglever of a motor vehicle, to locksaid lever in its neutral position. By so doing, the gear-shifting levercannot be operated to throw into mesh applicable to movable levers for other purposes, and that changes may be made in the form and construction of the device without departing from the spirit of the invention as assed in the claims hereto appended.

In order to comprehend the invention. reference should be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1* is a vertical sectionof a portion of a motorvehicle gear-shifting lever and the fulcrum a l port therefor, showing my locking deviceapplicd thereto.

, Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken in the direction of the, arrows, on the line Qr2 of Fig.1. i

Fig. 3 is a ve-rtich section of the same, taken in a plane perpendicular to the plane of Fig. 1. r Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail of the latch for retaining the locking member.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectidnal detail of the i same,'taken in a plane of Fig. i.

Fig. 6 is a vertica section of a portion of another type of gfir-shifting lever and the fulcrum support therefor, showing a modified form, of my locking device applied thereto.. i Y I Fig. 7 is a sectional plan View taken in the direction of the. arrows on the line of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a plan view form of my locking'device.

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motor vehicle geardesi iates a movable shifting lever, wh se upper end is understood to be provide d notshown in the drawings. illustrated in Figs. 1 and 30f is fulorumed, upon a transverse pin 2, for

Said lever, as

permitted to have a limited selective move ment upon said pin 2, in a plane perpendicu lar to the planes of its operative movement. The pin 2 is carried in a support,3, which incloses the lower end understood to form a plane perpendicular to the of .a second modified.

the drawings,

the reference numeral 1 with a suitable handle,

operative, swinging movement, and is also of the lever 1 and is part of the housing,

not shown in the drawings, for the necha nisin operated by said lever. A. s rlngd is secured to the lever 1 at 5, and has two sides of the support 3,and whose lower ends turn inwardly and bear against the lower end of the'lever 1, the function of said spring; being to retain the lever 1 in its neutral poa .spaced arms 6, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, whose upper 1 ends surro rid thepin 2 and bear against the sition; that is, at the center of its selective movement. A'portion of a suitable articulated dust cover is shown at closing the upper. endof the support 3.

sion 8, Figsl and 2 of the drawings, within which is carried a horizontal rotatable lock- I ing bolt 9, shown as positioned parallel with the fulcrum pin 2. One end of said bolt ex.- tends outside the extension vided with a lever 10, Fig. 2, by means of which it may be rotated. ing, said bolt is provided with spaced oppositely disposedi face cams 11, which ,are adapted to coact with similar cams 12 formed 7, Fig. 1, for inj-j K I 9 The support 3 is provided with an exten- 8, and is pro Within its hous 'upon' trunnion-blocks 13 slidable upon the bolt 9 and prevented from turning therewith by fixed pins 14 operating in lineal slots in said trunnion blocks. Said trunnion blocks 1110 are provided with annular grooves'15fwithin which r de the forked ends 16 of a pair of,

selectively; By rotating the bolt-9, however,

- spacedv locking arms 17 said arms being I vtoembrace the lever 1, below the fulcrum.

pivotally supported by t e support 3 at 18 and provided with jaw portions 19. adapted Figs. 2 and 3, so that said'springs tend to hold said arms apart, in which position the lever 1 is free'to move either operatively or the trunnions 13 are forced together, and the jaws 19 of the'arms 17 are caused to embrace lineal movement insaid barrel, andpres'sed outwardly by a.sp1'1ng 23,l:1g,4,andl caused flocking bolt 9 causes the arms 17 to be and lock the lever 1.

sition, there is provided a rotatable key con- ,trolled lock barrel of\any suitable construction, indicated at 21 in Figs. 1, land 5, mounted in the support extension 8labove to rotate within said barrel \by pin 24.

The lower "end of said -latch 22 isiformed with a transverse houlden"25,adaptedto engage alineal xsho ldeii 26; formed in the bolt 9, when sa1d bolt\ is rotatedto its 100klease the same.

ing position, andby such engagement to retain said bolt in said locking position. One corner of'ithe lower end of the latch 22 is beveled, as at 27, Fig. 5 so that when the barrel 21 is turned, said latch will ride p over the shoulder 26.91? the bolt 9 tore- One movement only is necessary to, either lock or unlock thelever 1. To look said lever, the bolt 9' is turned by means of its operating lever 10, drawing together the arms 17. The latch 22 automatically falls into engagement with the shoulder 26 of said bolt, to hold the same in its locking position. The release of the lever 1 is accom- 'plished by turning the look barrel 21"by means of a key, not shown. This movement causes the latch 22 to disengage the bolt 9, whereupon the spring members 16 force the locking arms 17- a art, freefiing the lever 1 and returning sai bolt to its normal position.

In Figs. .6 and '7 of the rawings, I have shown my invention as ap lied to a lever having a ball and socket fulcrum, such levers eing, commonly employed as gearshiftinglevers for motor vehicles. In this form of the device, the lever 1. is provided with a spherical fulcrum'portion 2, which seats within a spherical socket 3 formed in the support 3, and is retained therein by a "suitablering 7, so that said lever may swing ,Yelttlcal plane. An annular horizongrodve, 30 is formed in the spherical in": 1h phe ical lever p i n 1 rtgisfier For retaining the bolt 9 in 1ts loek'i 6 said lever against allmovement.

therewith when the lever is in its neutral position. The locking arms 17, which are movably secured to the support 3 at 18, normally lie within the groove 30 in the socket ,3, and areso retained by a spring 32, Fig. 7. Said arms 17 are adapted to be moved together, to cause their inner portions to with. .Said cam faces 12 are en aged, as in said previously described form, y the face cams carried by the rotatable locking bolt '9. Said bolt is mounted, as before, in an extension 8 of the support 3, and is pro I p, vided with an exterior operating lever 10 the central portion of said bolt9. In the lower'end of \the lock barrel 21 is carried a latch 22, which is, adapted \for limited\ an and locking means 21 and 22, similar in \every \respect with those described above movedinwardly to engage the slot 31 in the lever portion 2, and thereby to lock Release of the lever is accomplished, as before, by turningthe lock barrel 21 to disengage the latch 22 from the bolt 9, whereupon the arms 17 are forced outwardly free from the groove 31, and said bolt returned to its normal position, by the spring 32.

Fig. 8 of the drawings illustrates a second modification of my invention, adapted for application to a lever working within an H-slotted guide.

In this form, the lever 1 is understood to be mounted in a way to permitits movement within the slots 35 of the guide plate 36, said lever and said guide plate bein supported in any manner not illustrate The plate 36 carries a bolt support 8, within which is a rotatable bolt 9 having an exterior operating 'lever 10, oppositely disposed face cams 11, and trunnions 13 hav pivoted at 18, Fig. 8, and are formed as shown therein, to normally lie outside the path of movement of the lever 1. When the bolt 9 is turned, however, said arms 17 are brought toward each other, and clamp the lever 1 between them, in its neutral position. The release of the lever is accomplished as before, by releasing the bolt 9 by disengaging therefrom the key controlled latch, not shown, thereby permitting the spring 32 to separate the arms 17 with said annular groove to prevent moveand return the bolt 9 to its normal position. ment of said lever, and means for operating Having thus described my invention, what said arms. I claim as new and deisre to protect by Let- 3. In combination with a movable lever, 5 ters Patent is a pair of swinging arms adapted to embrace 1. In combination with a movable lever said lever, to prevent movement thereof, a having a substantially spherical fulcrum trunnion block associated with the free end and an annular groove formed therein, a of each arm, a rotatable locking bolt 5 substantially spherical socket member for operating with said trunnion blocks, said placing said lever a pair of swinging arms trunnion bloclrs and locking bolt provided adapted to embrace said lever and to seat in with cooperatmg cam faces adapted on the the groove in the spherical portion thereof rotation of said locking bolt to operative po and to prevent movement thereof and the sition to move the free ends of said arms 40 removal of said lever from said socket, a rorelative to each other to prevent operative tatable member for moving said arms into movement of the lever, said locking bolt engagement with said lever, lock controlled provided intermediate said trunnion blocks dev1ces for retaining said member in operwith a recess, and lock controlled mechanism ative position, and a spring for returning for automatically engaging directly with 45 said arms and said member to inoperative said recess on the rotation of said locking p sition upon the release of said lock conbolt to operative position.

strolled devices. In testimony whereof I have signed my 2. In. combination with a movable lever name to this specification in the presence of having a spherical fulcrum and an annular two subscribing Witnesses. v groove formed therein, a substantially GEORGE C. JENSEN. -spherical socket member for supporting said Witnesses:

lever, a pair of movable'armscarried within HARRY A. TOTTEN, said socket member and adapted to engage D. B. RICHARDS. 

